Chocolate Mascarpone Brûlée

Name: Chocolate Mascarpone Brûlée
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 175 g (6 oz, scant 1 cup) caster sugar; 50 g (2 oz) good-quality plain chocolate; 6 egg yolks; Icing sugar, for dusting; 425 g (15 oz, scant 2 cups) mascarpone

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Passion for Cheese

By Paul Gayler

Published 1997

About

This looks like a classic creme brûlée, but when you shatter the crisp caramel topping a thin layer of dark chocolate is revealed underneath. You could put a handful of raspberries at the bottom of each dish for another unexpected treat.

Ingredients

425 g (15 oz, scant 2 cups) mascarpone
175

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 140°C, 275°F, gas 1. Lightly whisk together the cheese, two-thirds of the caster sugar and all the egg yolks and then strain through a sieve. Pour the mixture into 4 ramekins and place them on a wad of paper in a roasting tin (the paper prevents the mixture at the b